Category: Sister City Visitors
BNSF, UNT Health Science Center and more hosting engineering students from Toluca, Mexico
Photos with Santa Benefit Youth Scholarships for 10 Years Thanks to Sundance Square
A heartfelt thank you to Sundance Square for their support over the last ten years and their commitment to global education for students. Sundance supports Sister Cities in many ways corporately but the Sundance Santa partnership is very unique. 100% of proceeds made from photos taken with Sundance Santa has provided over $110,000 for youth scholarships giving students an international perspective by participating in Sister Cities programs. Each year Sundance has provided all the camera equipment, film, giveaways for the children, and a wonderful Santa Claus with his beautiful sleigh and holiday setting to take photos for special holiday memories. Our partnership began with just one Polaroid camera in 2002 to this year’s high tech printers and digital cameras. Sister Cities has provided more than 2,000 students, parents and teacher volunteers to take the photos and to serve as Santa’s helpers thereby creating a magical partnership.
Thank you Sundance Square!
The Technology of Fire Safety
2011-11-14 01:43
The Technology of Fire Safety
When I asked the Chief if fire fighter training in Fort Worth was similar or different to fire fighter training in Bandung, his response was “very different”. We had just toured the Tarrant County Fire Technology Program (FTP) with Richard “Rocky” Vasquez a Fort Worth Fire Fighter and seen many of the procedures, equipment and technology that keep the area’s fire fighter trainees safe during this comprehensive program. In Bandung, they do it for real. They use real diesel fuel to start real fires and explode real buildings. They rappel off 9-story structures so that they know what it will really be like when they go to an actual fire. This is indeed different! So the chief and his staff were most interested to see what the Tarrant County Fire Technology program has to offer.
Fort Worth Fire Dept. Hosts Indonesian Firefighters
Trier, Germany Organist to Perform in Fort Worth
2011-10-11 11:00
Trier, Germany Organist to Perform in Fort Worth
Organ Concert Result of Sister City Relationship with Trier, Germany The Trier, Germany committee of Fort Worth Sister Cities International has planned a special performance by Martin Bambauer, concert organist and Director of Music at the Konstantin-Basilika in Trier, Germany, Fort Worth’s sister city since 1987. The concert scheduled for Sunday, October 23rd, 4:00 p.m., at Broadway Baptist Church, 305 West Broadway, is free and open to the public. The American Guild of Organists will host a reception immediately following the concert. Sister Cities stages international events and programs as a way to bring the world to Fort Worth and create citizen diplomats. “Despite the fact that technology has made the world a smaller place and facilitated communication, humanity is just as much in conflict. It is imperative that we prepare ourselves with skills and cultural understanding necessary to function in an increasingly globalized world. Sister Cities has programs that do just that,” said Michael Bennett, Trier Chair. Martin Bambauer studied protestant church music at the Robert-Schumann-Hochschule Düsseldorf and the master class by Daniel Roth at the Musikhochschule Frankfurt. Since 1999, he has worked full-time as organist and choirmaster at the Konstantin-Basilika. From 2001 to 2008 he taught organ improvisation at the Musikhochschule Cologne. Martin Bambauer has visited many European countries and the USA as organist and conductor and has made several recordings. For more information contact Beth Weibel at 817/632-7105 or visit www.fwsistercities.org.
Fort Worth to Become Sister Cities with Guiyang, China
Official agreements will be signed by Mayors Price and Li Zaiyong
Mayor Li Zaiyong of Guiyang, China, along with seven other Guiyang officials, arrive in Fort Worth on Sunday to sign the official document to become Fort Worth’s eighth sister city. The official signing ceremony will be held Monday, October 17th at 10:00 a.m. at City Hall in the Council Chambers and is free and open to the public.
“Fort Worth is eager to formalize relationships with Guiyang. We look forward to many exchanges between our two cities. Together, Fort Worth and Guiyang hope to create a better understanding of our individual cultures. There are many similarities and many differences we will be able to share,” said Mayor Betsy Price.
In May 2010, a Fort Worth delegation of Sister Cities board members, representatives from the Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce, City of Fort Worth and local business leaders visited China to determine which city to invite to become Fort Worth’s eighth sister city. Upon a recommendation by the Sister Cities board of directors, the Fort Worth city council unanimously selected Guiyang, China and an official invitation was extended. Guiyang immediately followed with its acceptance and the two cities will sign the official agreement next week.
Both cities have expressed a desire to create meaningful exchanges and as a result, through Sister Cities’ International Leadership Academy, 15 Guiyang students with two teachers came to Fort Worth in July 2011, spending two weeks with students in Fort Worth.
While here the Chinese delegation will interact with city officials, local business leaders, visit museums, other cultural sites and celebrate their final evening in Fort Worth at Billy Bob’s Texas with a farewell celebration including a performance provided by the Comanche Nation. “We are eager to show our new friends what Fort Worth has to offer and to encourage them to come back often,” said John Burgoyne, Sister Cities Guiyang Chair. Future exchanges may focus on education, economic relations, health, arts and culture all in an effort to create understanding and respect of each other’s cultures.

2011-10-11 10:12
Fort Worth to Become Sister Cities with Guiyang, China
Official agreements will be signed by Mayors Price and Li Zaiyong
Mayor Li Zaiyong of Guiyang, China, along with seven other Guiyang officials, arrive in Fort Worth on Sunday to sign the official document to become Fort Worth’s eighth sister city. The official signing ceremony will be held Monday, October 17th at 10:00 a.m. at City Hall in the Council Chambers and is free and open to the public.
“Fort Worth is eager to formalize relationships with Guiyang. We look forward to many exchanges between our two cities. Together, Fort Worth and Guiyang hope to create a better understanding of our individual cultures. There are many similarities and many differences we will be able to share,” said Mayor Betsy Price.
In May 2010, a Fort Worth delegation of Sister Cities board members, representatives from the Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce, City of Fort Worth and local business leaders visited China to determine which city to invite to become Fort Worth’s eighth sister city. Upon a recommendation by the Sister Cities board of directors, the Fort Worth city council unanimously selected Guiyang, China and an official invitation was extended. Guiyang immediately followed with its acceptance and the two cities will sign the official agreement next week.
Both cities have expressed a desire to create meaningful exchanges and as a result, through Sister Cities’ International Leadership Academy, 15 Guiyang students with two teachers came to Fort Worth in July 2011, spending two weeks with students in Fort Worth.
While here the Chinese delegation will interact with city officials, local business leaders, visit museums, other cultural sites and celebrate their final evening in Fort Worth at Billy Bob’s Texas with a farewell celebration including a performance provided by the Comanche Nation. “We are eager to show our new friends what Fort Worth has to offer and to encourage them to come back often,” said John Burgoyne, Sister Cities Guiyang Chair. Future exchanges may focus on education, economic relations, health, arts and culture all in an effort to create understanding and respect of each other’s cultures.
